The $863.9 million fourth quarter revenue of flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp, though plunged 31 percent from the previous year, exceeded the Wall Street expectations of $766.8 million.

Fremont-based Solyndra Inc. has signed a long-term sales contract worth $320 million with Carlisle Energy Services for solar panels.

The solar panels for these contracts will be manufactured at Solyndra's facilities in Fremont and Milpitas, CA.